Hello,
My first anvil, feels good, feels really good!
Not sure my car agrees though after the trip home!
I want to love it and care for it and have given it a light wire brushing as it was mossy and double painted...
I would like to know as much about it as possible, i work it out as 326lbs from the 2 3 18 on the side and also that it is probably English because of this numbering.
It has a cross with dots on the other side and JWJ /\ on one of the legs. I have attached some pics if it worked!
If anyone can help me id it I would be very grateful.
One of the hardy holes is blocked with ?lead, i'll probably just leave that. The other hole will work if i need it.
The chip on the side I will probably also leave I cant bring myself to angle grind her just yet!
I was going to oil it but realised that the only oil i had was either two stroke or mineral oil for my bike brakes! Would either be appropriate or should I go out and buy something specific?
Any advice on how to maintain her would also be greatly appreciated.
I plan on making some knives when I get a hammer some tongues and a forge to go with her (i'll probably make one out of an old propane tank or something coz i'm skint now!).
Thanks in advance. Keiran.